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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-23
Turning GaSirr Pen Vines.

Apropos to the subject Of green
manuring, Messrs. E. NJ. FOscue
and l.. A. Hay wood, two good farm
ers Of Jones county, say that lea
vines are excellent manure but they
never turn them under until the
hogs have gone through them and
gathered all the peas. In fact they
don't turn them under until they are
ready to prepare the Lard fns plant.
ing,
This Is positive evidence that pea
vines are good manure, but it does
not prove the point that ia nav en-
der discuss.on. Ds4t only in tie col
umas Of the JournUl but many other
pap, rs. If Messrs. Foscue and Hay
wood had turn ed under portion of
their p"h zines while green they
cHu ii have definitely determined
~ht thcI it pays or not. To induce
f"Tmtro to experiment IN matters of
this kind, though it cost but little If
anything, is II hard task yet we
hnOw of nothing that would he OF
more practical pencht than practical
'Npecicnce GA the farm. Three acres
~"wn in peas after wheat or Oat
crop, on, to be turned under when
u e vines are just beginning TO fruit.
one when the peas are beginning to
ripcn and the other in the following
pring just before planting time, it
seems t. Us would settle the ques-
ti"n as to The proper time to turn
under tins crop for mAnure.-Ncw
Rrrhe Journal.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-23

/ every seed cotton buyer re
member that lie must keep book e,
with the dates, number of pounds
of cOttOa bought the price paid PEI
mound. and The name or names Of
the r. rsonS from VIII, m bought on
said bo k open to be viewed by any
person. If this should not re done
the penal ~ Of the law Is very sev~
ere and will be enforced. The law
says You shall keep a book and
enter thereon the whO'e tranSac-
ton. Now let every body obey the
law and stop the stealing of seed
cotton. We can do It. We are more
to blame for the negro stealing cot
ton than the negro is. Mean whit"
people make mean negroes. A
man Who will buy stolen Cotton
having reason to believe 1t Sto.en
is much meaner than the original
thief. Every body can buy cotton
but the record must be kept, OIL
trouble Will follow,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-23

stitutIonal rights and protection to
the colored mar, and yet, beyond
that are taxed to educate then. We
say j. is all wrong. 1t is enough
that the whites afford them protec>
tioH and pay the cost Of courts,
which shows that the majority paid
is to make these same negroes law
abiding, without having to educate
Their. We 60 70! know Of single
whi,e district in the county ~hcr,
the public schools have done an!
good whatever, None of them Obtain
enough money to support s"hoo.
longer than three upnths in the
year, and if child st seven years
of age would 60 until he or she were
Il they could not possibly acquire
even a correct idea Of an English
education. because they would forget
in the nine months intervening be-
tween the terms what they had learn
ed at the previous session. BesidIs,
It is more than probable that new
teacher Is employed at each tern.
snd rot knowing the stanting OF the
scholars does nat properly ella ,sify
them,
We believe in thorough, practical
education and We are confident
that our public school system cal
never be made to iDpart such educa-
ion Therefore it appears clear to
US that it only initiates against ouI
preparatory schools ard leaY es
many brilliant mind that might
have been p.OI erl y Instructed, il
ignorance ard darkness. If VT
were to express our wishes On the
question. we shOt III unhesitatingly
say, abolish it in toto, but as thu
public schools are going to be re
tanned in some manner, then We say
change the system and give to thu
whites the benefit Of their taxes ant
to the negro ditto, We are willing
to furnish him equal rights and pro
lection before the law, but are nov
and forever opposed to educating
! him CarIho q R|,fd0
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-23

There are few rules IN regard to
maintaining fertility which Should
be followed, One is that all the I'm.
sold or unfed portions of crops
should, if possible, be returned to
the soil upon which they grew, or all
equivalent should be returned Thus,
if wheat is raised, the grain sold
and the straw composted with the
dung of animals. we form manure
which returns much that was re-
moved by the crop. If the straw bt
partly or wholly fed to animals, still
a large portion naturally finds its
way back to the soil. A portion OF
the plant food supply of the soil is
irrevocably lost in the grain sod, in
the bones OF the animals, in t,le
milk sold Oft the farm, etc. But We
can calculate very nearly what this
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-23
EnsiIasinS Corn Stalks After
Hu>king.

Mr.. O. B. Potter, Of New York, in
writing to the HuSbandmdn of his
ten years. experience in max n en-
silage, describes his management of
his corn crop as follows:
"During the last four years, have
practlced a new method of harvest
ing corn, of which | raise from p to
40 acres per year. had previously
cut the corn up by the roots, stacked,
cured and husked it tie ordinary
way from the stalk, and then stacked
or stored the stalks in the barn. cut
ing thsm up and feeding them dry,
or Stoned in winter. BY the new
method | husk directly from the
standing corn in the field as soon as
the corn is dry enough to permit
this. The con wien husked is
spread to the depth of about twelve
inches upon Slated floors or shelves
inside my buildings, placed one
above the other and about three feet
apart, the air passing freely under
and over these floors and through the
corn. As fast as the corn IS husked,
the stalks are cut up close to the
ground and Immediately put into
eEsilage pits, the cutting and filling
proceeding in the method before de-
scrlbed. The juice remaining in the
stalk, in the TN fried portions Of the
leaves. and in the thicker leaves, is
sufficient to establish active ferment-
alton, and the Who'll mass settles a,.d
cOmpacts so as to be perfectly pre-
s"rved as ensilage. If The corn is
very dry before husking the stalks
when cut up NAV be moistened with
water to secure the perfect ferment-
alton and settlement Of the mass.
When the husking is complete, the
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-23
FARMER BOYS.

We know the farmers as rule
TIM K they know all about farming.
But this is q very serloas ami fatal
mistake. If a man thinks he knows
il Ill that man is 10 be pltied above
all men. He closes his eyes aud
stops up his ears to every source OF
information. None of Us are per-
fttt. None Of Us know it all. No
science has yet been developed.
IaeY are all SO to speak in their i'll
fancy. The light of experience and
achievements are ever and anon add
Ing t" our store OF knowledge. New
dis coVoIies and inventions are daily
brought to light in all the depart
meLts of science end life. We
rtl.,I upon tie experience and "C-
C,i. al: ted wi>drm and krowicdge OF
Ut.r i.cdeCes SOre. Ii We 90 cot We
are nwisv and d,rtlitt Ill our duty
t. uLi>, Ives a.d those Who are to
succeed Us Ii the 4rc@t drama Of
lie. AND nn scierce Is less develops
ed vi ii farther in tic Iear q ID tie
sCit-ce # t.TIninE =. Tie cause oj
tbs must lie htc&usc the hig her ord, T
ol 'alen, and genius and learning for
the last five hundred years have
sought 'tmtr httdS Of laEor. 4 ii
the cause OF II Is must ! e because Of
tio e.tirna';o.> 90 world lIaces on
the cultivation OI the soil. # (
tiii.ge Ui the soil WAS considered as
honorable, digrifed AID as noble IS
the Professions, such as the practice
OF lew, medicine, or as preaching, or
as beng 4 state Sman, O professor in
4 college, "a as hein& at the head ot
some Of the Various intellectual call
ngs,thc principles o. farming would
develop much more raiidly thsI
fheE hEre II tAe last century. From
or standpoi;,t the prrfessi'
farming is r:ore honorable dignifie
emo ling, elevatir g, and brings it
devotees rerGot and his kingdom
IL -. anl O.tet calling man can f,.l,
low save and exec; tn. preachin :
OF Christ and Him crurI6Cd: and We
don t lnCludc all who pretend tC
preach under this Eead. Every mar
who claims to be an apostle is moi
an apostle, no more than every mai
who claims TO be a statesman is s
statesman, Or who claims to be s
lawyer, or a do. tor, or a poet, or ar
historian, or farmer is what he
claims to be. No man knows SC
much that he Can not learn more in
the same department.. We are al
dependent upon each other more OIL
less and can learn from each otheI
if we are not stuck up, stiff necked
and selfcOnct tied. From the most
igHora mt and unlcttered, the wisest
OF US Can learn something worth
Knowing if We are not above ouI
calling. Now Is it not time the pro
fession, or calling of farming was
placed upon the right foundation,
and tn 1t takes its proper and OF
dained position among the honorable
an dlgnitied callings to which the
family Of man belongs? The man
who is too proud, too good, too
learnad, too highly cultivated and
polished to make a farmer, is too
worthless, SELF conceited and puff q
up to make a success IN any other
profession. 1t requires more general
information, more talent, learning
true, genius and noble manhood to
make a scientific, successful farmer
than 1t does to make a successful
lawyer, doctor preacher, merchant,
teacher, or professor in any Of the
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-23
Green NsaaUrinE
NTMRFR 3.

A farmer is supposed to be prac~
t'callv acqualnt, with everything
agriculture. and to know
whst is hes: To 10 under all circum>
stances in order to obtain Gemuntr~
ative crops but the fact is that n"
one farmer in an average lifetime
car try enough experiments TO know
everything, and he NIT embrace
every opportunity to hni out and to
study the recorded experiments OF
others.
The information regarding when
and how to break land, and when TO
turn under sod OF stubble, Or crop
grown for manure, has come down
to US from our ancestors, an has
not been verified by experiments.
One farmer CONTINUES to break the
stubble land in October another al
WAYS burns Off the weeds anl stubble
in February, and then b, eaks the
land for corn or cotton, ahd eaCh
thinks his plan right because his
| father did so. Very few have ex>
perlmented to fad whether there is
not a better plan. Many Uf our
ideas have been received frC 10 North.
ern fatfherS and writers, whore tho
con iitiOns OF climate are quite tue
reverse Of those existing IN the
South. If the lowing Is not done
! in the Northern States before Octo>
Der it cannot he done until after the
first Of May, as the lapi is eeveret
with snow ar hoNnd last with ice.
The Northern farmer often bre ak.
bis sod land in September. ant
either sows wheat or experts fh'
freezing and ths*ing weather {
October to pulverize and to prepare
the land 10 receive the annual cover
Iug of snow, and with it supply q
ammouia. which the Southern farm
er hust buy in Commercia' fertile
ers or obtain bv growing a greer
crop for manure. In the South th,
con 1itions afe lutte different. SEP
TENDER is hot month; October i!
frequently almost as warm. Drying
winds sweep the re.fie!dsi wintet
rains wash the CuttDn and corn land:
into gullies and all the clement!
seem to conspire to rob the soil o
nitrogen.
How can this great loss he pre-
Neniel? Cannot the farmer, to SOM
extent at least, cover his land will
manuring crops which will shat,
and protect the land from sun vino
and washing rain until heis re d,
to plant tue spriug crop?
This covering, after serving tn,
purpose of shading the lanl for sew
eral months, and in hat way i'm
proving tie condition Of the soil
will be equal in value. when turned
under, to many wagon loads of man
ure per acre, AMI will 90 far toward
improving larger AMI more profita ol
crops.-A. in New Berne JouruuE.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-23
''Shade
"Shade
BY the light quivering aspen made"

BY the light quivering aspen made"
VS. do not expect Mr.. Cleveland
to be Immaculate, but if Democracy
requires US to sanction his conduct
in setting at defiance the wish of the
party in the appointment of Register
of Deeds for the District Of Colum>
bla, we emphatically decline any
20 anticipation in such Democracy if
it requires Us to applaud the keeping
Of Republicans in responsible and
lucrative positions-the giving Of
the spoils to the vanquished party,
or if it requires blind worship of
the man, in utter disregard of prin-
ciples, then we most devoutly pray
to be delivered from such De
mocracy.-Henderson Gold Leaf.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-23
ATTORNEY ATIAW

W. D. Suit, Druggist. Bjppus, Ind.
tesufies: II can recommend Electric
Bltters as the very best remedy. Every
bottle sold has gwen relief in every case.
One man took SIX bottles, and was cured
of rheumatism Of " years standin e
abraham Hare, druggist. Bellville, ONO,
atfirms. The best selling medicine
have ever handled in MY 2Osyears' ex-
perisnce, is Electric Bltters." Thous-
sand of others have added their testI-
mony, so that the verdict is unanimous
that Electric Bitters do cure all diseases
of the Liver, Kidneys or Blood. Only
half dollar a bottle al E. 7. Whitehead
d Co.'S drug store.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-23
BUCKLENS ARNICA SALVE

THE BEST SALVE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sares, letter. Chapped HanIs,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tons, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It's guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded
Price 70 cents per box.
SALE BY E T. WHITEHEAD &Co
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-23
Public school System.

The more we become acquainted
with the workings of the present
Public School system, the more We
Lecome convinced that 1t is d ,ing
the whites of the State no good
whatever. L, an, thing It Is a clog
to edud@t:un.l ad>A.:r. ct. Our
white tax-psS q. $ are -xei b, y"nl
their capacity to pay, tot.o. ide CON
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-23
dCOartments

| ring. Yet if boy is
thick skulled, dull, or weakened
minded he is at Cnce sent to the
farm Much better send that boy
to school college, and then To travel
ing and finally into the professors
char, or behind The counter or into
the legal or medical profession than
to the farm. Tie hrightest most
energetic, pushing boy IS tbe boy t"
,ut on the farm In fact The laggard,
the stupid fellow, the drone will
never make g. gooG cultlvator CT the
soil. TIE legal profession is full,
cremmed from head to foot,
many OF whom ought to be plowing
or burning brush The medical pre-
fes sion is full to overfOwiug, many
of who III kill more patients than
they cure. The ministry. we'll shall
we say it too is full? That would
not half express the truth. 1t is full
and surleitej. Wien fellow is too
l'zy to work too proud to beg, and
too poor 10 live without ei'he:, b
at once claims that tie Lord has
C; lied him to preach the unsearch-
able riches of the king ON net yet
seen. To become s. professor in Our
| institutions Of learning man must
have some ability and little Learn
! ing, so but few seek this calling. In
truth there IS no room in any of the
legal medical, or literary yocatlone
Of life for any but the most talented,
gifted and thoroughly learned. There
is always room and to spare for this
class. But few attain the highest
eminence in any of these professions
The number who reach the tor
round in TIE ladder is very small
Tnen what must be done with Oul
young men? If possible induce then
to 60 ON the farm. Here the field il
unexplored. Here is food for The
mind, soul, and body. Here is con
tentment, happiness, and love. Her
the intellect can grow, expand ano
develop to its fullest and granGes
powers. Here he can commune witt
himself, with nature in all her glOI,
AMI with God in all his sublimit,
grardtur and wonderful, stipend
Gus and incomprehensib. goodness
greatness and power. Yes, here b
can be free man, a happy man,
useful man good man, an homes
man, yes, man after Gods ow,
heart 80 to speak. Yes, send th
> bright, sprightly, active boy to tn
farm, and send the !ag2 ard the drOn
20, We'll dc as you please; but pleas
don't put him On the farm.
The calling is too noble too e&
cellent, too near in accordance wit
the will aud fixed DEGREES of eterl
lt} to lie thus tempered with. A
honest, intelli gent, active, Thrift
i t@rmer IS the worlds grand masIe
piece of mechanism from the hand
ef Jetuvah Himself. Yes, tncourag
the boys to stay at home and he
! cone farmers instead o. rill maker,
mortY age drawers, Billie crusher
and grammar smashers. The cart
and the fuiness thereof hehtngS t
! the farmer. He ia king in sma
y dominica, aud if worthy and we
qualified may have his QUEEN by III
side. Yes, hoys quit the stores au
the shade ehd St elk the feel Is, til
" pure air, tie genial rays Of the SUI
= the dominion of a kIag, th1 farm
. Yes, boys there is room and to spar
y here, no loating, no seeking employ
- ment. no discharging, no insult
given, no one to obey and serve br
" yourself and your God.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-23
A Kfayrlalxer's Hints.

Mr.. Robert IL tOmitnsCu'5 essay
OF cutting, curing ard storing hay
principal parts of which we append
WIS Judged TO be the hest Of eleven
Offered in eemoet'tion for q "F4Gm
iiournal' prize: 'If for hard-work-
ing or driving horses, cut wien
about half Of the clover heads are
brown, or whHn ths t!bibthy IS Juet
past boon, if for dairy cows, ide
horses, or sheep, cuj when the clio e.
is in full blu, III, OF Hhen the timothy
Is in>t healing. a week az ten IA, :
hclt:e tlt time Tor cutting the early
or cow hay begin to witch the
weather sharply >nl without regard
TO the 'wp.uher iudiC atiOiio' from
y a>hjr { on. Ga the fir>t 4. ciAeGly
Gear day, especially il after a gems
eral storm, aud the wind north AID
cool Tor the season begin moving st
OnCG. and II convenient, with NV"
machines 50 as 10 oct quantity
making as soon as possible. The
cha. ers are nthe out o. ten, if not
nincty~ninc ont OF 100, that there
VIII follow. il tai, LOCALITY, at least
three lays Of good bay weat her I;
hence It - hest to ca duwn at once
al that can he handl 4 in that time.
.CTr g yO;np GRASS on t',e damn
ground and in the cool air will cure
slowly (as it should do to make tie
finest cow ha,). and the machine
probably need not be stopped the
first day to rake the hay. But the
huuches ant thick places should be
shaken up and sc. tterod about, and
as soon as the steel-tooth rake can
perform prpperlv the grass sbould
be gathered IN windrows-into small
ones if it is curing slowly, and LARGE
ones if it ia curing rapidlv The
time of rakinp ana the size of the
windrows give us cemplete control oil
the operat.on Of curiag. If cureC
too RAPIDLY we lose part ofthe he ,ds
and leaves. and lose at the same
time the finest quality and aroma O.
the hav, If cured too SLOWLY we rur
too GREAT risk from the weather. The
windows should BE- turned or rolled
over once or twiye to exnose new
surfaces to the sun and air. but ncef
not re rc-s,,read as in the method O
cn.kinr. The LATTER. indeed. is tn,
costly in time ard labor for modprr
farming.
"If partly cured hayls likely +,
be cauyht in a storm. cooking anC
hay cans NAV be resorted to: hut In,
great secret Unsuccessful haymakine
is not to he Thus cau5bt. In hay.
maklnn. as usually practiccd, tn,
cutting can be done in the morning
the raklng toward evening. and til,
hauling next day. In this case. ane
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-23

The time has come Tor Us TO know
what the Democratic party IS
whether it be those time IGNORED
"i1ciples set forth in her plrtfotms,
nj f"c which so much has been sac
'Iiced, or The ipse dixit of one man,
whose vagaries are as uncertain as
the
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-03-17

A correspondent, referring to an error
in the sketch Of Senator Lucas and his
family, says:
Henry L. Brooke's father was John
Brooke, and he was a twin brother of
Judge Francis T. Brooke, of the Court of
Appeals of Virginia, and a lawyer and
member of the Legislature from Stafford
county prior to 1922; but he was never
Governor. Judge Brooke was not a
judge of the Court of Appeals until 1911,
twelve years after Washington's death
Lawrence Brooke, another brother, was
surgeon on the Bon Homme Richard,
and was with Paul Jones in the action
with the Scraps, and throughout that
memorable cruise.
Robert Brooke was Governor of Vir-
ginia during a portion Of Washington's
administration. He was younger than
Lawrence, but older than Francis and
John. He was, subsequent to being
Governor, Acknowledgement Of the State,
and while holding this position, had as a
law pupil youth from Hanover county,
who afterwards removed to Kentucky
and developed into the great Harry of
the West Robert Brooke also had the
honor, greater than any of the above, of
being elected, in 1895, Grand Master of
the Grand Lodge of Virginia, succeed
ing no less a man than Chief Justice
Marshall"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-03-17

Above are the gallerie, of paintings, the
east devoted to the old masters and the west
TO the modern school. Between these two are
long cases of rare pipes, snuff boxes, cutlery,
porcelain ware. etc
And the people who 20 there are as varied
as the objects to be found therein.
There is the bright, bustling school girl,
striving TO crowd a whole days work into
half an hour. The open eyed, smudge
faced street gamin, with his ever
ready criticism. The young person whose
education has been neglected and who finds
this an awful bore. The cultured young lady,
who has been there time and again. who
always pushes over the same Madonna and
Child" The professional artist, with his
quiet appreciation or cOndemnatOry express
sion Of cOuntenance The old connoisseur,
the park policeman, the nursemaid, the
baby, the unemployed young man and
the retired old one all flock here on
the free days For be it known, the pay
days are favored by my lady in her car
riage, who disburseS twenty-five ceuts on Mon
days and Tuesdays for what she could view
gratis ON other days Some things are rushed
by, some are dwelt before for an hour. In
some is found Renaissance of the country
lane or the stretch Of sea shore of childhood's
days. Here, in q pictured face, may be the
counter cit presentment Of living countenance,
there the perfect expression Of something we
have drcamt or thought The old Bibles,
too, with their gaudily colored and impossi-
bly, formed prophets and good men, are often
and curiously viewed
The museum has increased greatly i'm size and
interest since it found its present abiding place
IN Central park. formerly it occupiefquarters
in musty old brown stone building on
Fourteenth street now the home Of a furnit-
IRE store and lager beer saloon. Probably
the saloon has more customers in a dav than
the museum had visitors in a week But pri-
vate philanthropy took the struggling infant
10 its arms Foreign consuls, world travellers.
@sthetically inclined merchants and diet
tante bankers. who fonnd recreation and
pride in securing the earth for artistic treas
ures, generously dumped these treasures
into the vacant cases and corners Of the
Metropolitan. Some of the collections are
merely loaned, while others have been gifts
and requests outright. All is not good that
is contained within its walls. From grave to
gay, from grand 10 mediocre, its contents
range.
Many of the directors of the museum are
ayerse to opening it on Sundays, while the
board Of aldermen has issued a resolution in
its favor. No matter how the question is de
cided the institution. while not equaling the
Corcoran Art gallery and one or two other
collections in some particular department. is
without doubt the best in our part of the
world